Spectacular Maine Auction - Session 1

SET OF CHILD'S PICTURE BLOCKS. 12 Lithograph blocks make 6 different animals. Original box and pictures present. SIZE: 2 1/2" h x 8&q...

ANTIQUE BRASS BED-WARMING PAN. Wood turned handle. Cover has chased and pierced decoration. SIZE: 46"l. CONDITION: Very good. Missing ...

FINE PAIR OF LARGE ACORN TOP ANDIRONS. SIZE: 21" h CONDITION: Good. 9-91801

GOOD SQUARE TOP MAHOGANY CANDLE STAND. Urn turned shaft with three cabriol outsweeping legs, tip top which tips to form diamond. One board top wit

SETH THOMAS DOUBLE DECKER SHELF CLOCK. Rosewood veneer case with paint decorated and gilt half-columns. See-through works and decorative reverse p

INTERESTING PAINTED ROUND HEPPLEWHITE CANDLESTAND. Black swirls over a red base. Round top with thick apron, urn turned post with three spider leg

WONDERFUL OIL ON CANVAS "THE LITTLE DRILLMASTER". Painting shows young boy with flute and sword leading younger boy holding stick with ...

ONE PIECE CHERRY TWO DOOR CORNER CUPBOARD. Front facade has reeded columns, paneled doors, and bracket base. Behind each door are shelves, the top

ORIENTAL EXPORT PATRIOTIC NEEDLEWORK. Large needlework has spread wing bald eagle with draped flags and shield. "E Pluribus Unum" bann...

OUTSTANDING AND RARE LARGE FRAMED MAP OF THE DISTRICT OF MAINE BY MOSES GREENLEAF 1815. Map shows an early view of Maine with towns and county line

INTERESTING LOT OF "IN THE MAINE WOODS AND SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF MAINE HISTORY. 90 Sprague's Journal of Maine History, 1913-1920'...

LARGE CABINET PHOTO OF AN EARLY LODGE FEATURING A GROUP OF TEN FLY FISHERMEN W/BAMBOO RODS Written on old pencil script on the reverse is "...

GRADUATED FIVE DRAWER PINE CHIPPENDALE TALL CHEST. Nice natural patina, original bale hardware. Dovetailed case supported on a high shaped bracket

FINE PAIR OF LEMON SHAPED BRASS WHALE OIL LAMPS ATTRIBUTED TO WEBB, PORTLAND MAINE. One with single burner, the other with double burner. One fon

WONDERFUL EARLY OIL ON CANVAS TOWNSCAPE WITH LARGE HOUSE AND MAN IN CARRIAGE. Scene shows large Colonial house with attached barn, having picket f

GOOD STAG DECORATED HOOKED RUG. Large deer with antlers in center oval with cream background having blocked colorful corners, green, gray, and blac

FINELY HOOKED AREA RUG DEPICTING ALTERNATING PANELS OF SONGBIRDS AND FAUNA Includes Blue jay, Meadowlarks, cattails, etc. all done on a camel-color

PAIR OF OIL ON CANVAS ANCESTRAL PORTRAITS OF MAN AND WOMAN. Middle aged couple in identical frames, unsigned. Gentleman wears eyeglasses, black su

DISH TOP TIGER MAPLE SPIDER LEG STAND. Well-turned post with outstretched arched legs and figured maple dish edged top. SIZE: 28 1/2" h; 1...

TIGER MAPLE TAMBOUR TWO-PART SECRETARY. Top section with lift lid and two tambour slides having 9 cubbies and one drawer. Bottom section with thre

RARE COIN SILVER PORRINGER BY WILLIAM SIMPKINS, BOSTON (1704-1780). Circular porringer has pierced handle with touch mark "Simpkins". ...

FINE FOOTED SMALL COIN SILVER CREAMER THOMAS BARTON SIMPKINS (1724-1804). Small creamer with scroll handle bulbous shaped with three trifid feet.

FOUR COIN SILVER SPOONS BY THOMAS BARTON SIMPKINS (1724-1804). Three 4 3/4" spoon marked with a square hallmark T.S. On the back of each bo...

RARE EARLY SILVER CANDLE WICK TRIMMER AND TRAY BY J. BARTH. Trimmer has bird decorated handles, touch marked on inside of trimmer plate J Barth als

OUTSTANDING MINIATURE ON PAPER WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF LADY WITH CURLY HAIR. 1/2 Portrait shows detailed facial features and black dress. She wears

OUTSTANDING MINIATURE ON IVORY PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN. Fine detail portrait shows man with wispy brown hair wearing a black coat with white shirt.

ANTIQUE KERMAN ORIENTAL RUG. All over floral design with sweeping large leaves and floral sprays. Pastel colors of green, gold, and blue. SIZE:

18TH CENTURY QUEEN ANNE TIGER MAPLE SECRETARY. This secretary was recently discovered in Mass. It has the unusual feature of being one piece. The

FINE PORTRAIT OF WOMAN WITH BLACK DRESS AND JEWELRY. Painting shows young woman seated on sofa with curtain backdrop. She wears a fine black dress

OUTSTANDING CARVED AND PAINTED FOLK ART OWL DECOY. This fantastic carving shows a whitish owl with black feather highlights perched atop a small wo

OUTSTANDING DOUBLE SHAKER BOX WITH SIEVE IN GREEN PAINT. We are told that this is a seed box. This oval box has two tiers with horsehair sieve in

PAINTED WOOD COMPARTMENTALIZED SLIDE COVER BOX. Nice old bluish green paint, six compartments to interior. SIZE: 4" h x 10" w x 7 1/4...

FABULOUS GILT AND PAINTED LYRE SHEET METAL SILHOUETTE. Interesting wall hanging has well fashioned lyre which is gilt and then overpainted in brown

PAIR OF EARLY EMERALD GREEN WHALE OIL LAMPS. These dark emerald green lamps mounted on marble feet with #2 pewter colors. SIZE: 9-1/2" h. ...

OUTSTANDING FOLK ART HESSIAN SOLIDER WHIRLIGIG IN ORIGINAL BLUE, RED, AND WHITE PAINT. This whirligig was found in a local Maine attic and is a won

FINE FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF GENTLEMAN ATTRIBUTED TO ZEDEKIAH BELKNAP (1781-1858). 1/2 Portrait of man with black overcoat, white vest and shirt with

FINE CHIPPENDALE SLANT FRONT DESK WITH LARGE FAN CARVING. Four graduated drawers having old replaced large brasses with matching escheteon plates.

EXTRA FINE COLORFUL LAVAR KERMAN ORIENTAL RUG WITH BIRDS OF PARADISE AND VASE OF FLOWERS. Center field having large colorful vase in teardrop form

OUTSTANDING LARGE ORIENTAL EXPORT ROSE MEDALLION PUNCH BOWL. Unmarked base with colorful panel decoration including flowers, people, and butterflie

FINE CHINESE EXPORT ROSE MEDALLION PUNCH BOWL. Unmarked base with colorful panel decoration including flowers, people, and birds. SIZE: 5"...

TWO PART JAPANNED QUEEN ANNE BONNET TOP HIGHBOY. Top section with open arched top having partial bonnet top. Central fan carved drawer with shaped

OUTSTANDING FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF CHILD IN RED DRESS WITH DOG. Unsigned portrait shows girl with bright red dress and lace collar and sleeves seated

S. HOADLEY, PLYMOUTH TALL CLOCK WITH RED CASE. Wooden works clock has nicely painted dial with minutes and seconds dial. Signed over village scene

GOOD PAINTED WOOD LIFT TOP TRUNK "SHAWLS". Red painted trunk has front with mustard colored "Shawls" written in block letters...

DESIRABLE PARIS HILL MAINE DECORATED SIX-BOARD CHEST. This early 19th century six-board chest retains its original rosewood red and black artificia

IMPORTANT LARGE PENCIL DRAWING BY FERDINAND A. BRADER (1833-). Drawing shows panoramic view of large farmstead with connected buildings, barns, fi

EXCEPTIONAL GEORGE III PAINTED WOODEN DOLL. This doll circa 1770 has painted rouged cheeks, and black pupil-less eyes with dotted lashes and brows.

FINE HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY INLAID SHAPED FRONT CARD TABLE. Square tapered legs end in tapering point. Inlaid oval to central panel and above legs.

GOOD EARLY NEW ENGLAND MAHOGANY WHALE BACK WALL SHELF. Graduated four-shelf whale shaped carved sides. SIZE: 32 3/4" h x 26" w. COND...

FINE DECORATED TOLEWARE BOX. Black ground with front panel having colorful mustard and red fruit and flowers with green leaves. Vine border to edg

IMPORTANT FINE OIL ON PANEL AMERICAN MINIATURE FOLK PORTRAIT OF WOMAN. Young woman sits sideways in painted thumb back Windsor type chair. She is

FINE LARGE ADAM & EVE PICTORIAL SCHOOL GIRL SAMPLER . Strawberry vine border with top corners having white doves. Four alpha-numeric rows ov...

GOOD CARVED WOOD EAGLE. Carving shows spread wing eagle with head facing left, holding shield and arrows in talons. Unpainted surface with good de

LARGE PAINTED CARVED WOOD CIGAR STORE INDIAN PRINCESS. Life size Indian princess in colorful costume with feathered headdress. Stands with one foo

LARGE ANTIQUE IRON BULL WINDMILL WEIGHT. This heavy cast silhouette of a large virile anatomically correct bull is mounted to an old wood base and

OIL ON CANVAS PRIMITIVE WHALING SCENE. Scene shows large sperm whale capsizing small whaling boat with men in water. Three mast whaling ship behin

OUTSTANDING RARE AND IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY WHALING LOGBOOK BY HENRY WORTH 1789. This journal comprises several journeys by Henry Worth including d

SIGNED SHIPS PASSAGE DOCUMENT BY ANDREW JACKSON. Heavy parchment paper has engraving of ship and another of lighthouse and town. This presidential

OUTSTANDING AND AWARD WINNING RUSSIAN MADE SHIP MODEL OF THE H.M.S. BOUNTY. Valara Puchkov of Petrozavodsk made this boat in the 1990's. It ...

OUTSTANDING RUSSIAN MADE SHIP MODEL A POMORSKAYA KOCH (SEA COACH). Valara Puchkov of Petrozavodsk made this boat in the 1990's. This model w...

SMALL HAND CRAFTED RUSSIAN BOAT MODEL. Single mast boat with three sails in full detail with painted hull. Russian signed. This model was made by

LARGE OIL ON CANVAS SHIP PORTRAIT OF THE "YORKTOWN". Unsigned painting shows three-mast, black hulled sailing vessel going left to righ...

MAGNIFICENT LARGE CASED SHIP MODEL OF THE STEAM AND SAIL YACHT "ELEANOR". The Eleanor was designed in 1894 by Charles Hanscon and buil...

OUTSTANDING MODEL OF THE PADDLE WHEEL STEAMER "ROYAL EAGLE". Fully equipped boat with fine carved accessories. Planked deck, hull pain...

MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT OIL ON CANVAS OF THE SIDE-WHEELER THOMAS P. WAY BY JAMES BARD (1815-1897) Painting shows side-wheeler sailing right to left

UNSIGNED OIL ON CANVAS OF THE RIVER STEAMSHIP "HOMER RAMSDELL". Scene shows side view of ship sailing right to left. Ship flies six fl...

LARGE BRASS AND WOOD SHIP'S WHEEL. Eight turned spokes around a steel hub with brass ring decoration. SIZE: Total diameter 48". CONDI...

ANTIQUE CAST IRON CANE/UMBRELLA HOLDER WITH SAILOR AND DOLPHINS. Stand has removable oval drip pan. Colorful paint, standing sailor holds rope des

LARGE OIL ON CANVAS SHIP PORTRAIT "FEARLESS" FLYING AMERICAN FLAG BY CHARLES TORREY (1859-1921). Three-mast ship in full sail sails rig...

IMPORTANT AND RARE CHIPPENDALE BALL AND CLAW FOOT MAHOGANY TESTER BED. Front two posts are stop-fluted which ends in ring turnings. Well carved kn

IMPORTANT MAINE PORTRAIT OF T. B. BEALE BY CHARLES OCTAVIUS COLE (1814-1858). Unframed portrait shows middle-aged gentleman in formal black suit wi

FOLK ART WATERCOLOR OF THE YACHT MYRTLE OF HANCOCK BY P. S. DOWNER OF PORTLAND, MAINE. Watercolor/drawing is on heavy paper, which is framed outsid

EARLY 18TH CENTURY AMERICAN GATE LEG TABLE. This fine 18th Century American gate leg table features a great block and turned decorated base, having

FINE AND RARE 18TH CENTURY ENGLISH BRACKET CLOCK BY GEORGE GRAHAM, LONDON. This outstanding bracket clock features a handsomely carved ornamental m

LARGE FEDERAL CONVEX MIRROR WITH CARVED SHELL. Round mirror with reeded black inner frame surrounded by a fluted round frame having applied large f

OUTSTANDING PAINTED TOLE TRAY WITH SHIP BATTLE SCENE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUERRIERE. American ship is shown firing guns at a defeated Englis

OUTSTANDING SHIP PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP CHANDOS ON PORCELAIN PLATTER SIGNED C. McKEEN. Scene shows three mast ship in full sail sailing left to right

OUTSTANDING PAINTED HALF HULL MODEL. Black and red hull with detailed deck including two housings, three-part mast, mounted on a molded edge backbo

FINE SMALL EARLY TUGBOAT MODEL IN CASE OF THE "SALUTATION". Tugboat is shown inset into green wavy ocean, boat is painted green and bla...

EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT PILGRIM CENTURY WHITE PINE TRESTLE TABLE. With hinged top containing a large compartment beneath with double removable

PAIR OF UNFRAMED ANCESTRAL PORTRAITS BY HORACE BUNDY (1814-1883). Portraits show man and woman with black and white clothing having a brown backgro

IMPORTANT AMERICAN QUEEN ANNE WALNUT ON PINE LOOKING GLASS WITH CARVED GILT SHELL. Shaped crest with inset round shell, rectangular mirror frame ha

UNUSUAL FIGURAL IRON ANDIRONS MAN IN THE MOON. Crescent moon with Abraham Lincoln type profile wearing brimmed hat. Double-step half round base.

FOLK ART PAINTING ON PANEL OF INTERIOR SCENE SIGNED R. J. Scene shows woman in early black stenciled rocker with bonnet and red ribbons in green and

OUTSTANDING AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE STE OF 6 TEN-SPINDLE BOW-BACK WINDSOR SIDE CHAIRS. These unusual ten-spindle chairs came form Limington, Maine. T

OUTSTANDING AND IMPORTANT WATERCOLOR, INK, AND NEEDLEWORK DOUBLE MEMORIAL BY ALIDA DUNBAR. Needlework picture is framed behind a reverse painted bl

FINE OIL ON CANVAS OF A WOMAN IN WHITE DRESS WITH LACE BONNET. She sits in a red armchair with arm resting. Unframed, this portrait is believed to

ANTIQUE PERSIAN CARPET. Finely knotted w/deep cobalt field and border. SIZE: 10' w x 13' l. CONDITION: Mellow colors with over all we...

FINE RARE AND IMPORTANT LOT OF NANKING CHINA FROM THE FAMOUS NANKING CARGO. Lot consist of 8 3/4" plate, 4 1/2" saucer, 3" handles...

IMPORTANT LARGE LIVERPOOL PUNCHBOWL WITH MARINE DECORATION. Central transfer of large ship on ocean flying British flag "Ship Garland-Peter ...

LARGE OIL ON CANVAS GENRE SCENE OF YOUNG WOMAN WITH BASKET OF GRAPES BY JOHN LEIGHTON (1822-1912) Painting shows young girl with red coat and wool sh

FINE SET OF 8 FANCY ORIGINAL DECORATED SHERATON CHAIRS. Set includes 6 side chairs and 2 armchairs. Each chair has stenciled fruit and ivy decorat

FINE LARGE STAFFORDSHIRE BLUE AND WHITE PLATTER WITH TIGER HUNTING SCENE. Scene shows hunters on large elephants with pack of hunting dogs chasing

FINE FEDERAL MIRROR WITH EGLOMISE` PANEL WITH LABEL BY CERMENATI & BERNARDA. Original label on reverse of one board backboard. "Cermena...

FINE MAHOGANY INLAID SHERATON CARD TABLE. Satin wood or birch three-paneled front, center with inset oval. Corners and sides have small similar pa

OIL ON CANVAS OF YOUNG WOMAN BY WILLIAM MATTHEW PRIOR (1803-1873). Sitter identified on back as one of the Perkins twins of Beverly Mass. Painting

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF AMERICAN FEDERAL STEEPLE TOP ANDIRONS. Matching log stops. Set has high polish. Bold turned urn with hex column base resting

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF AMERICAN FEDERAL BRASS LEMON-TOP FIRE TOOLS. Set consists of shovel and tongs. SIZE: 31-1/2". CONDITION: Very good. ...

CHIPPENDALE MAPLE SLANT FRONT DESK. Original brasses, four graduated drawers. Good interior with eight drawers, six pigeonholes and two carved fro

OIL ON WOOD PANEL THE PICNIC BY JAMES CRAWFORD THOM (1835-1898). Scene shows children gathered around outside table with fence. Children walk down